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Legal Abortion – Baja California Sur

In Baja California Sur, abortion is a legal health service. You have the right to safe abortion and the law protects you.

In the state of Baja California Sur it is possible to legally terminate a pregnancy by free decision of the pregnant person up to 12 completed weeks of gestation.

In addition, there are seven other situations, called grounds, which allow people to request and access a safe abortion legally, without penalties and without abortion being considered a crime, regardless of the number of weeks of gestation.
As a right, in Baja California Sur, abortion services must be provided as any other sexual and reproductive health service: in conditions of quality, safety and respect for girls, adolescents and people with the capacity to become pregnant, whether or not they are affiliated to the public health system, with guaranteed privacy and confidentiality.

What is legal termination of pregnancy?

Legal termination of pregnancy (LTP) is a human rights issue. It allows individuals to exercise their right to decide freely on the continuation of a pregnancy in the early stages of gestational age.

In Baja California Sur, the law allows for the legal termination of pregnancy by free choice and without the need for an explanation of the reasons for it, up to 12 completed weeks of gestation.

Other states such as Mexico City, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Veracruz, and recently, Baja California, Colima, Sinaloa, Guerrero and Quintana Roo have regulations that respect this right.

To access legal termination of pregnancy, you have several options
1. In the public health services of Baja California Sur
2. self-managing your procedure with medications
3. With a network of companions from your organization

In addition to abortion, in Baja California Sur there are other situations or grounds for legal abortion.

Grounds are specific situations in which the law allows individuals to request a safe abortion procedure, regardless of gestational age. In these cases, health services and their personnel must support them in identifying and facilitating their care, without increasing the requirements indicated in the law or imposing obstacles or barriers to their access.

Learn about all the grounds for abortion in the state and the requirements for accessing them:

When abortion is the consequence of an unintentional act

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When pregnancy is the result of rape

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When the pregnant person’s life is in danger

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Institutional refusal to legally terminate a pregnancy (ILE)

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When the health (physical, mental or social) of the pregnant person is affected by the pregnancy

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When the product of pregnancy has severe malformations

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Non-consensual artificial insemination

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Legal Interruption of Pregnancy (ILE)

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These grounds and Legal Termination of Pregnancy (ILE) are the situations in which women can request a safe abortion procedure. In these cases, health services and their staff must support them to identify and facilitate their care, without increasing the requirements indicated in the law.

Health personnel are not obliged to report or denounce persons who seek abortion services or who have attempted to terminate their own pregnancies. On the contrary, they are responsible for safeguarding, under standards of confidentiality, the information they receive about the health status of individuals in the exercise of their profession.

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Abortion in Baja California Sur is Legal.

In the state of Baja California Sur it is possible to legally terminate a pregnancy by free decision of the pregnant person up to 12 completed weeks of gestation.

 

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